The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-06-04
BEAUTIFUL HAIR.
h Charms Dwelling In a Luxurious
Crown OF Capillary Treasure.

The Charms Dwelling In q Luxurious
Grown OF Capillary Treasure.
Wandering upon q time through the
out-skirting fields of a small pro-
vincial town in England, l came upon
n of those interesting exhibitions Of
the kind which no doubt have been
seen in Britain since the middle ages.
A of wild beasts in charge Of
a family Of mountebanks had been
brought to a halt, and, picturesquely
grouped upon the greensward in front
Of the temporary stage which had been
erected the preceding night, were to
be seen all the gaping-mouthed yokels
of the village, eager to view the many
marvels promised on payment Of asil-
yer six-pence. Among the wonders
found an announcement of 'the
display Of her great natural curl
osity. by Miss Sigismunda N ont.
morency, aged sixteen" l fancied
that the girl might be one Of those
strange ~vocalists whose voices seem
compounded from the masculine and
feminine range, but when the rosy
checked lass appeared it came out that
her great natural curiosity was hel
hair. which fell upon the floor and
dragged like a court mantle when she
walked.
There is Il reaction in favor Of hair.
For several years its slorios have been
clouded, but Of late there has been a
manifest desire to possess a luxurious
crown Of capillary treasure. Biblical
culogy is not lacking anent the sur
passing splendor of women's hair,
while as for that Of men. abundant
hair has from the time of the ancients
been considered the attribute Of divini-
ty. What painter, what sculptor Of old
has eve represented Jupiter. Apollo
OF Neptune without a glorious quantity
of beautiful hair? Phidras said that
his statue OF Jupiter Olympus was
inspired by Homer, whose pages are full
of apostrophes to the splendor of the
hair OF his heroes. Virgil. to express
the power Of a Hydrologic god. said
that the shaking of his hair caused all
Olympus to trenble. Coming down to
modern days, who can forget the poetic
assertion that beauty draws us by a
single hair?
American families in general have
fine hair. 1t grows abundantly. like
other vegetables, under these favoring
skies. But they do not take altogether
good care Of it The hair needs a great
deal Of ventilation. 1t should be brushed
and separated by a ~wide-toothed comb
morning and evening. 1t should be al
lowed to hang down u~ntrammelled by
combs. pins or strings when one is
in dishabille, but no married woman
should ever appear in company
with disheveled hair. A few years
ago this frantic mode prevailed among
women Of poor taste and limited read.
ing. The flowing hair is the mark Of a
virgin, in all pictorial art. and is so
mentioned by Horace Walpole in the
history of painting, published more
than a hundred years ago. Queen
Victoria will not permit q married
woman whose hair is flying about her
shoulders to approach her presence;
but the little Wales and Edinburgh
girls-hcr grandchildren-wear their
golden locks unfettered by the snood.
In spite Of the dictum of interested
hNir-sellers and hair-dressers. nothing
is so beautiful and becoming to a
woman as luxuriant natural hair sim
ply twined about the head, while a
truant love-lock here and there escapes
from bondage and falls in curves of
beauty on the brows. -OliUe Logan, in
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